Birken und Hochöfen: Eine Kindheit in Oberschlesien

by Horst Bienek

German

Genres: History

98 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Horst Bieneck is best known for his “Gleiwitz cycle” of four novels about his native Silesia (Poland) “The First Polka” (1975), “September Light” (1977), “Time Without Bells” (1979) and “Earth and Fire” (1982). As a young man he was imprisoned in a Siberian labor camp until 1955, and his first novel “The Cell” (1968) describes his experiences there as a political prisoner. Later he worked in the media in West Germany while writing novels. He was the winner of the Nellie Sachs Prize, the Bremen Literature Prize and the William Raabe Prize.

Reviews

[Kotka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nostalgiczna podróż przez Gliwice, okoliczne miasta Górnego Śląska oraz Dolny Śląsk. Dla kogoś kto mieszka w Gliwicach powinna to być lektura obowiązkowa.